Beginning Web Programming Using Vb.Net and Visual Studio .Net

by Bowes, Craig; Cazzulino, Daniel; Clark, Mike; Hart, Chris; Raybould, Neil; Titus, Tobin; Bowes, Craig

• ISBN13: 9781861007360
• ISBN10: 1861007361
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2002-09-01
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc

Summary

Explores topics including how to create dynamic Web pages with Web forms and Web server controls, how to display data using ADO.NET, the importance of XML, and how to set up an efficient and secure Web server.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(1)
Who Is this Book For?	1	(1)
What Does this Book Cover?	2	(1)
What Do I Need to Use this Book?	3	(1)
Conventions	4	(1)
Customer Support	4	(5)
How to Download the Sample Code for the Book	5	(1)
Errata	5	(1)
E-mail Support	5	(1)
p2p.wrox.com	6	(1)
Why this System Offers the Best Support	7	(2)
Web Programming and ASP.NET	9	(22)
Web Programming Fundamentals	10	(7)
What are Web Applications?	10	(1)
The Role of the Server	11	(1)
The Role of the Client	11	(1)
Web Applications vs. Windows Applications	11	(3)
Web Technology Today	14	(1)
Web Communication	15	(1)
HTTP GET and POST	15	(2)
Statelessness	17	(1)
Configuring Your System for Web Development	17	(5)
Installing an Application from the Code Download	19	(1)
Creating a Virtual Directory	19	(1)
Running our Application	20	(2)
Web Programming in the .NET Framework	22	(2)
A Control-Based Architecture	22	(1)
Event-Driven Programming Model	22	(1)
The System.Web Classes	23	(1)
ASP.NET and IIS	24	(1)
Web Applications	24	(1)
The Web Form	24	(1)
The Code-Behind Page	25	(1)
Application Configuration	25	(1)
The Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine	25	(4)
A Smaller SQL Server	26	(1)
Obtaining and Installing MSDE	26	(3)
Summary	29	(2)
Web Forms	31	(20)
Web Forms vs. Windows Forms	31	(5)
Web Forms Development with Visual Studio	36	(4)
Toolbox	37	(1)
Solution Explorer	37	(1)
References	38	(1)
AssemblyInfo.vb	38	(1)
Global.asax/Global.asax.vb	39	(1)
Styles.css	39	(1)
Web.config	40	(1)
WebApplication1.vsdisco	40	(1)
WebForm1.aspx/WebForm1.aspx.vb	40	(1)
Lifecycle of a Web Form	40	(8)
Web Forms Processing	40	(1)
Page Framework Initialization	41	(1)
User Code Initialization	41	(1)
Validation	42	(1)
Event Handling	42	(1)
Rendering	42	(1)
Housekeeping	42	(6)
Web Forms Processing at the File Level	48	(1)
Summary	48	(3)
User Interfaces and Server Controls	51	(54)
Server Controls	52	(30)
HTML Controls	52	(6)
Visual Styles	58	(5)
HTML Server Controls	63	(5)
Web Server Controls	68	(8)
Validation Controls	76	(6)
User Controls	82	(9)
Custom Controls	91	(6)
Dynamic Content	97	(3)
A Customized Template	100	(3)
Summary	103	(2)
ADO.NET	105	(42)
ADO.NET	105	(34)
Architecture of ADO.NET	106	(2)
Data Providers	108	(1)
Programmatic Use of ADO.NET	109	(1)
Adding Data to a Database	109	(5)
Retrieving Data from a Database	114	(5)
Changing the Data in a Database	119	(7)
Completing the Picture -- The DataSet Object	126	(1)
Data Adapters	127	(1)
Using a DataSet Object	128	(8)
Server Explorer	136	(3)
Components	139	(5)
Dynamic Properties	141	(3)
Summary	144	(3)
Data Binding	147	(42)
Data Binding	147	(16)
Binding Expressions	148	(1)
The DataBinder Class	149	(1)
Adding Data Binding to our Application	150	(8)
Binding to Sets of Data	158	(5)
Working Visually with Data	163	(9)
Data Components	164	(1)
Typed DataSets	165	(7)
Advanced Data Binding	172	(15)
Paging	174	(3)
Freestyle Data Binding and Editing -- The Data List	177	(1)
Adding a DataList to our Application	177	(10)
Summary	187	(2)
Debugging and Error Handling in Web Applications	189	(28)
Common Considerations for Testing and Debugging Web Applications	190	(1)
Standard Visual Studio .NET Debugging Features	191	(9)
Breakpoints	191	(3)
Debugging Windows	194	(3)
Assertions and the Output Window	197	(1)
Attaching to Existing Processes	198	(2)
Try...Catch...Finally	200	(2)
Throwing Exceptions	202	(2)
Debugging Client-side Script	204	(2)
Using Trace Directives in ASP.NET	206	(6)
Adding your own Trace Statements	207	(3)
Adding Site-wide Trace Information	210	(2)
Global.asax and Site-Wide Error Handling	212	(2)
Summary	214	(3)
ASP.NET Applications, Sessions, and State	217	(22)
What Does `Global' Really Mean?	218	(1)
The ASP.NET Application and Session Objects	218	(1)
Handling Application- and Session-Level Events	218	(2)
Global.asax	218	(2)
Application State	220	(4)
Application Variables	220	(2)
Application Locking	222	(1)
What to Store in Application State	223	(1)
Session State	224	(7)
Session IDs and Cookies	224	(1)
Configuring Cookie-less Sessions	225	(1)
Session Variables	226	(2)
Session State Modes	228	(1)
Setting up a State Server	228	(1)
Preparing the Environment for State Server	229	(1)
Configuring ASP.NET for State Server	229	(1)
Preparing the Environment for SQL Server	229	(1)
Configuring ASP.NET for SQL Server	230	(1)
Using ViewState	231	(3)
ViewState and Variable Data	233	(1)
Which State Model Should You Use?	234	(1)
Summary	235	(4)
XML and Web Development	239	(56)
A Peek into XML	239	(3)
The Rise and Rise of XML	240	(1)
Well-Formed XML	241	(1)
XML Applied	242	(19)
Valid XML	243	(1)
XML Namespaces	244	(1)
XML Schema Definition	244	(5)
Definition of a Complex Type	249	(6)
Definition of a Simple Type	255	(1)
Restricting Element Occurrence	256	(2)
Creating XML Documents Visually	258	(2)
Creating XML Documents in Data View	260	(1)
XML using .NET	261	(32)
Reading and Validating XML	262	(1)
Uploading an XML File	262	(5)
Receiving the Uploaded File	267	(2)
Validating XML from a Web Application	269	(4)
Processing the Uploaded XML Data	273	(5)
Querying XML Documents: XPath	278	(3)
The Document Object Model (DOM)	281	(7)
Dynamically Building XPath Expressions	288	(3)
XmlDocument vs. XmlReader	291	(2)
Summary	293	(2)
Web Services in Web Applications	295	(34)
Accessing a Third Party Web Service	296	(6)
More About Web References	302	(1)
Creating an XML Storage Web Service	302	(9)
Choosing the Best Design	303	(3)
Web Services On Web Services	306	(5)
Consuming Our Web Service	311	(4)
Soap Messages	315	(2)
Soap Message Types	315	(1)
Soap Message Format	315	(2)
Validating and Error Trapping	317	(2)
Handling Web Service Errors	319	(1)
Web Service Efficiency	320	(3)
Reducing Traffic	320	(1)
Caching Results	321	(1)
When Not to Cache	322	(1)
Web Services are Forgetful	323	(1)
Asynchronous Communication	323	(6)
Summary	326	(3)
The Role of the Web Server	329	(24)
How Does a Web Server Work?	329	(1)
Internet Information Services (IIS)	330	(15)
IIS as a Web Server	330	(1)
The Role of ISAPI	330	(1)
The ASP.NET System Process	331	(1)
FrontPage Server Extensions	331	(1)
IIS and the Management Console	331	(1)
Virtual Directories	332	(5)
Configuring Server-Wide Settings	337	(2)
Connection Settings	339	(1)
Logging User Activity	339	(1)
Increasing Performance	340	(1)
General Security Settings	340	(3)
Configuring ASP.NET Applications in IIS	343	(2)
Locking Down IIS	345	(1)
ASP.NET and IIS	345	(5)
Impersonation	345	(5)
Summary	350	(3)
ASP.NET Authentication, Authorization, and Security	353	(30)
Overview	354	(1)
Security Infrastructure	354	(10)
Essential Terms	354	(1)
Authentication and Authorization	355	(2)
Role-Based Security	357	(1)
Principal and Identity	357	(1)
Processing and Initialization	358	(3)
Application Security Configuration	361	(3)
Windows Authentication	364	(1)
Passport Authentication	365	(1)
Forms Authentication	365	(6)
Customizing Authentication and Role-based Security	371	(9)
Summary	380	(3)
Performance and Scalability	383	(24)
Scaling in the Real World	383	(2)
Measuring Performance	385	(3)
Web Application Stress Tool	388	(6)
Installing WAS	388	(6)
Aims of Stress Testing	394	(1)
Caching for Better Performance	395	(9)
Caching Types	395	(1)
Output Caching	396	(1)
Controlling the Output Cache	396	(4)
Fragment Caching	400	(1)
VaryByControl	400	(2)
Cached Controls Cannot be Programmable	402	(1)
Data Caching	403	(1)
Dependencies	403	(1)
Caching Priorities	403	(1)
Summary	404	(3)
Publishing Web Applications in .NET	407	(36)
Deployment that Works	408	(1)
The Multi-Tier Approach	408	(1)
ASP.NET Web Service Architecture	409	(4)
ASP.NET Web Application Architecture	413	(3)
The Visual Studio .NET Web Setup Project	416	(8)
Dependencies and Outputs	422	(2)
Using the Setup Project	424	(14)
Amending the Installation User Interface	426	(5)
Launch Conditions	431	(1)
Search Target Machine	432	(1)
Launch Conditions	432	(2)
Custom Actions	434	(4)
Merge Modules	438	(2)
Merge Module Versioning	439	(1)
Summary	440	(3)
Index	443